Line #3 Trivia/YuGiOhForever


1	Trivia from Fanfic/YuGiOhForever, including notes on WhatCouldHaveBeen:
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3	* WordOfGod acknowledges that ''Forever'' was written before several deck archetypes in the real-world TradingCardGame were released. ''Eternal'' was written for the purpose of including these deck strategies, but was discontinued due to the author's religious beliefs clashing with the idea of dabbling in magic.
4	** Additionally, the writer has recently acknowledged that were he to do a remake of ''Forever'', he would input several factors into it that were going to be and had already been placed in ''Eternal'' before the latter's cancellation. Among other things, various characters (such as Zander Zabel) would have gotten updated decks with newly-released cards that came out at the time ''Eternal'' was being written; as examples of rehashed deck strategies, Abel Drake, Samantha Redman, Laurel Strong and Angel Snow would have received (respectively) Lightsworn, Volcanic, Venom and Ice-themed deck archetypes; Jaden Yuki would have been a member of the Duel Monsters World Tournament Committee; Gabriel Roman would have been included as a major character; the JUDAS members would have wielded the Shadow Charm Items and the [[EldritchAbomination Earthbound Immortals]] instead of the Millennium Items; and potentially more characters with more deck archetypes would have been included throughout the story, culminating in more entrants in the Dueltropolis tournament than the 32 that the fanfic wound up portraying in said tournament.
5	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
6	** According to the author, an alternate scenario for the JUDAS arc would have had Kyo being the one to go to Egypt instead of Yugo, Odachi having a grudge on Ryou Bakura instead of Yugi Muto, and Ryou and Rebecca having been married. Under the same scenario, Yugi and Téa would have been married, making Téa Yugo’s mother by proxy.
7	** Listed below are several plot points that would have made it into ''Eternal'' had it continued:
8	*** During the story, Janus has a nightmare about [[spoiler:Racquel being caught in a car bombing, followed by [[TheRival Drake Phoenix]] blaming him for it]]. Drake's grudge against Janus would have been revealed to be because of this incident taking place when they were children, with [[spoiler:Drake blaming Janus for not being able to save Racquel in time. Except, said LoveInterest would have turned out to be NotQuiteDead, but in fact moonlighting in the present day as the [[VigilanteMan Jewel Duelist]]]].
9	*** Chazz Princeton would have had a supporting role, with both of his older brothers showing up in villainous roles.
10	*** [[AlphaBitch Resident stuck-up senior girl Vasha Morrison]] would have been revealed to have a DarkAndTroubledPast with RapeAsBackstory, resulting in her being a BrokenBird and StepfordSmiler, as well as TheResenter toward Cassara Blackstone in particular for having a good family life. In addition, boyfriend [[JerkJock Calhoun Vincente]] would have been Vasha's SecretKeeper.
11	*** [[TheAtoner Gabriel Roman]] would have been shown to duel with the power of the Gladiator Beasts, and would also have the ability to converse with Duel Monster spirits.
12	*** A QuirkyMinibossSquad would have served as the main antagonists in the story, bearing the power of the [[EldritchAbomination Earthbound Immortals]].
13	*** [[spoiler:[[DarkIsEvil Darkness]] and [[LightIsNotGood the Light of Destruction]] would have joined together in a robotic body controlled by [[BigBad Gozaburo's]] mind and would have been the final opponent for Janus, in a CallBack to the duel between Jaden and Darkness from Anime/YuGiOhGX]].

Context Trivia / YuGiOhForever